Jesse Owens

2012 • 0h 53m • Documentary, History

8.0(1 votes)

Jesse Owens details Jesse's early career; describes Adolf Hitler s outsized ambitions for the 1936 Olympics; explores the movement in Western democracies to boycott the event; and explains the pressures on Owens to attend. The film also explores why, despite his success in Germany, Owens struggled to find a place for himself in a United States that was still wrestling with its own deeply entrenched racism.

Director

Laurens Grant

Writers

Stanley Nelson

Status

Released